Expanded orthopaedic care model aims to dramatically reduce wait times for patients

By Julie Dowdie It’s a scenario that happens in doctors’ offices every day. A patient who has waited months – often over a year – to see an orthopaedic surgeon finally has their appointment and is told surgery is not the right treatment. Their wait begins again to see a specialist like a physiotherapist. Or, if they are referred for surgery, another frustratingly long wait is before them as they continue to deal with debilitating and often unbearable joint or lower back pain. However, a comprehensive new model at Markham Stouffville Hospital (MSH) is aiming to reduce these months-long waits to simply weeks. MSH is the first hospital in Ontario to provide orthopaedic care under the Ministry of Health’s rapid access centre (RAC) model to people

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